The Independent Alliance - the junior partner in the current Government - has called for a full criminal investigation into the tracker mortgage scandal.
The five-member alliance said in a press statement that allegations of fraud at the banks merit a criminal investigation.
This is despite the Central Bank saying it had spoken to the gardaí twice, but had not reached the burden of proof to make a criminal complaint.
The Independent Alliance intervention comes ahead of today's expected statements from the major lenders on how they plan to address the scandal.
Speaking earlier, before the Independent Alliance statement, the Taoiseach told Independent TD Seamus Healy that government in a democracy don't have the power to send in the gardaí.
He said that gardaí consider complaints they receive, and decide whether they need to carry out investigations or raids:
